GLSA 201702-08: VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	02/14/2017
Bugs:	#607674
ID:	201702-08

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, the worst of which might allow unauthorized changes to some critical or all accessible data.

Background

VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-emulation/virtualbox	< 5.0.32	>= 5.0.32	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

An attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition. Additionally, an attacker could create, delete or modify critical or all accessible data.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-5.0.32"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201702-08.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.